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AllEC.com - The navigational hub of e-commerce news and information

Austin Family Business Program

www.bizjournals.com  (local business news items from selected locations)

Booz Allen Hamilton - A leading management and technology firm focused on business strategy and transformation

BusinessWire.com - The newswire leader in a multi-platform world

Carolina Entrepreneurship Club

Corporate Information.com - Search over 350,000 profiles of companies, domestic and international

Council for Entrepreneurial Development Council for Entrepreneurial Development, the catalyst for business growth in NC. The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) was founded in 1984 to stimulate the creation and growth of high impact companies in the greater Research Triangle area.

DecisionPoint.com - a premier spot for learning or improving technical analysis and stock market timing skills

EntreWorld A premier online resource for small business owners, the EntreWorld search engine delivers the best and most useful information, guidance and contacts for you, the entrepreneur

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is an operating and grantmaking foundation that works toward the vision of self-sufficient people in healthy communities.

Fambiz.com - The web's leading resource for family businesses.

Family Business Center Loyola

The Family Firm Institute

FreeEdgar.com - Information on companies required by the USA stock exchange.

Gallup_Alerts@gallup.com (daily polls of general interest)

www.Garage.com (periodic information of interest on technology startups

HBS Working Knowledge [workingknowledge@hbs.edu] some great articles from faculty at HBS

www.Inc.com (small business information)

Inc. Online - The "Where to start and run your business" web site.

Incubator.com - a global, virtual community of incubators, startups, and investors where the critical success factors of business incubation are provided online and free of charge.

info@dbusinessnews.com  (Local business news items from:  Triad, Triangle, Charlotte, … )

info@PrivateEquityOnline.com (update on appropriate PE topics)

Knowledge@wharton.upenn.edu (good research articles on business topics)

www.mckinseyquarterly.com/ (interesting articles with current consulting, research, and similar focus)

National Business Incubation Association - NBIA provides thousands of professionals with the information, education, advocacy and networking resources to bring excellence to the process of assisting early-stage companies.

National Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers The National Consortium has been formulated and developed over the last five years through the vision and support of the Kauffman Foundation Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Through the leadership of the University of Maryland, University of Southern California, and Ball State University, conferences were developed to bring together the best entrepreneurship centers in the United States. These conferences lead to the realization that greater collaboration among the directors of Entrepreneurship Centers would enhance and foster improvements in curriculum, research, outreach, projects and financial support for entrepreneurship.

www.nvca.org   (VC trade association group…list and links to member firms (extensive), order books other information)

www.pentriad.org/  (Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurial Network , or PTEN…networking, education, BP competitions,…)

www.redherring.comor Red Herring News [support@redherring.com]  Great for corporate entrepreneurial activity

www.sba.gov (great source of a variety of information regarding small businesses and entrepreneurship)

SBIR World The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs provide over 1 billion dollars a year to small businesses and university affiliates for research and development in a wide range of scientific and technical areas.

Small Business and Technology Development Center - a business development service of the University of North Carolina system in partnership with the US Small Business Administration (SBA).

startup-editor@listserv.dowjones.com (WSJ daily tips)

http://stvp.stanford.edu/teaching/edcorner  STVP Educators Corner is a free online archive of high-technology entrepreneurship education resources built to support and guide faculty worldwide who teach entrepreneurship to science and engineering students

www.techcoastangels.com   (structured angel group…lots of information)

The University of St. Thomas Family Enterprise Education Program

www.VCExperts.com  (pay site with good information…some free)

www.VentureWireAlert [alert@venturewire.com] (current institutional funding of companies)

www.VentureWirePeople   [people@venturewire.com] (current information on who is doing what)

wsjeducatorsreviews@dowjones.com (weekly analysis of selected articles by functional areas including entrepreneurship)

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Professional Organizations

Family Firm Institute - A professional organization of family business advisors, educators, researchers and consultants.

Business Family Foundation - A non-profit organization dedicated to the special concerns of business families.

Books/Articles

Another Kind of Hero: Preparing Successors for Leadership. Family Business Leadership Series. Craig Aronoff, Ph.D. and John L. Ward, Ph.D.

Making Sibling Teams Work: The Next Generation. Family Business Leadership Series. Craig Aronoff, PhD. , Joseph H. Astrachan, Ph.D., Drew Mendoza, and John L. Ward, Ph.D.

Developing Family Business Policies: Your Guide to the Future. Family Business Leadership Series. Craig Aronoff, Ph.D. Joseph H. Astrachan, Ph.D., and John L. Ward, Ph.D.

Financing Transitions: Managing Capital and Liquidity in the Family Business. Family Business Leadership Series. Francois M. de Visscher, Craig Aronoff, PhD. and John L. Ward, Ph.D.

Preparing your Family Business for Strategic Change. Family Business Leadership Series. Craig Aronoff, PhD. and John L. Ward, Ph.D.

How Families Work Together. Family Business Leadership Series. By Mary F. Whiteside with Craig Aronoff, PhD. and John L. Ward, Ph.D.

Family Business Succession: The Final Test of Greatness. Family Business Leadership Series. Craig Aronoff, PhD. and John L. Ward, Ph.D.

Family Meetings: How to Build a Stronger Family and a Stronger Business. Family Business Leadership Series. Craig Aronoff, PhD. and John L. Ward, Ph.D.

Family Business Compensation. Family Business Leadership Series. Craig Aronoff, PhD. and John L. Ward, Ph.D.

Your Family, Inc. Practical Tips for Building a Healthy Family Business. Ellen Frankenberg, Ph.D.

Blur: The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy. Stan Davis and Christopher Meyer.

Digital Darwinism: 7 Breakthrough Business Strategies for Surviving in the Cutthroat Web Economy. Evan I. Schwartz.

The Complete Toolkit for Implementing a 1 to 1 Marketing Program: The One to One Fieldbook. Don Peppers, Martha Roger, Ph.D. and Bob Dorf.

A Research Model of Sustainable Family Businesses. Family Business Review: Family Business from the Household Perspective. Journal of the Family Firm Institute. Kathryn Stafford, Karen A. Duncan, Sharon Dane, Mary Winter.

The Prevalence of Family Business from a Household Sample. Family Business Review: Family Business from the Household Perspective. Journal of the Family Firm Institute. Romona K.Z. Heck, Elizabeth Scannell Trent.

The Intermingling of Business and Family Finances in Family-Owned Businesses. Family Business Review: Family Business from the Household Perspective. Journal of the Family Firm Institute. George W. Haynes, Rosemary Walker, Barbara S. Rowe, Gong-Soog Hong.

Predictors of Family Business Tensions and Goal Achievement. Family Business Review: Family Business from the Household Perspective. Journal of the Family Firm Institute. Sharon M. Danes, Virginia Zuiker, Rita Kean, Jeanette Arbuthnot.

Exploring the Overlap of Family and Business Demands: Household and Family Business Managers' Adjustment Strategies. Family Business Review: Family Business from the Household Perspective. Journal of the Family Firm Institute. Nancy J. Miller, Margaret A. Fitzgerald, Mary Winter, and Jennifer Paul.

The Decision to Outsource Child Care in Households Engaged in a Family Business. Family Business Review: Family Business from the Household Perspective. Journal of the Family Firm Institute. Deborah C. Haynes, Rosemary J. Avery, Holly J. Hunts.

Estate Planning Made Easy: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Protecting Your Family, Safeguarding Your Assets, and Minimizing the Tax Bite. David T. Phillips & Bill S. Wolfkiel.

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